Asia

Times may change but some things never do. Whenever a government of a small country has been in power too long, people start discussing its foreign policy orientation. Usually this is a debate about that government, not the actual subject: if you don’t like them...

An English expression refers to a "bad penny" as someone who keeps turning up and causing trouble no matter how one tries to get rid of them.  Other less delicate idioms that describe such types include "chewing gum on one's shoe" and "unflushable turd"...

On July 1st, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe made a decision to allow the use of its armed forces outside the country. Naturally, East Asian countries are not thrilled by the decision. Almost all of them - China, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia...